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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
Subject: Re: Is there a way in Fortran to designate an integer value as
 integer*8 ?
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 22:32:06 -0000 (UTC)
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On Tue, 15 Oct 2024 02:43:47 -0600, Louis Krupp wrote:

> I never would
> have guessed that 47 years later, FORTRAN would be Fortran and ALGOL
> would be mostly forgotten.)

What irks me most is the prevalence of “=” over “:=” for assignment.

But, looking at language specs for Fortran-90 and later, would you still 
say “FORTRAN is Fortran”?